Newspaper wrapping and addressing machine



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NEWSPAPER WRAPPING AND ADDRESSXNG MACHINE.

Patente@ Mar. 27,1883.

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'H'. SWAIN. NEWSPAPER WRAPP'ING AND ADDRBSSING MACHINE.

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f errent# HADWEN SWAIN, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 274,529, dated March 27, 1883.

Application filed October 4, 1882. (No model.)

ver in the county of Arapahoe and State of v Colorado, have invented certain new and usefnl Improvements in Newspaper and Pamphlet Virrapping and Addressing Machines; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and y exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to Inake and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which forni a part of this specification. i

My invention relates to newspaper and pamphlet folding, wrapping, and addressing machines.

The primary object of the invention is to produce a machine which will fold, wrap, and address the papers after they have passed through the ordinary folding-machine. v

Figure 1 is a top or plan view with portions broken away to more clearly exhibit the working parts. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view on line a; :t of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line a' 'of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is also a sectional view on the line y y of Fig. 2. Figs. 5 and 6 are enlarged sectional detail views of the paper and operating parts in thevprocess of folding and wrapping. Fig. 7 is a view in perspective of the shoe or grooved casting which turns or folds np the tag or loose end of the wrapper against the paper.

1 1 indicate the frame of the machine, which may be of any convenient ordesirablc construction, but is by preference made rectangular in form, as shown.

Mounted in suitable bearings in the frame is the main driving and operating shaft W, which is provided with a belt-pulley, 2, for driving the same, or may be provided with a hand or foot crank for operating the machine where other power is not convenient. Y The shaft W is also provided with aseries of cams, A', B', C', D', E', and F', and also with bevelgears G2, the function and operation of which will he more fully hereinafter described.V

A is a roller mounted in suitable brackets or bearings,H' H', on which a roll of wrappingpaper is wound, and which is intermittently fed forward by the feed-rolls B and O into the hollow table D E. The roll B is supported in rigid bearings, and is driven continuously by means of bevel-gear wheels O" on the end of roll B, and meshes with a bevel-gear wheel, 0"', on the vertical shaft l', which is driven by bevel-gearing on the horizontal shaft F2 and bevel-gear F3 on the main driving-shaft WV. One en'd of the feed-roll O' is hung on an arm, N', which is pivoted at its center to the bracket L'. To the other end of the arm N' is secured an arm, Q', the lower end of which is provided with a friction-wheel, which rests on the cam B' on the shaft W, and which causes the roll O' at stated intervals to impinge on the continuouslyrevolving roll B with the wrapping-paper between said rolls to feed the wrapping-paper forward the proper distance to make a wrapper of the desired length, when it is cut oft by the knife or cutter (l. The knife or cutter O is pivotcd at one end to the frame and connected atthe other end to the bent lever P'. The lever P' is pivoted at one end to the frame 1 or bracket L', while the other end is bent down and is provided with a friction-wheel, which rests on the cam D on the shaft W, which causes the knife to rise at stated and proper intervals to sever the paper into the requisite length to form a wrapper.

J is a feeding or folding knife or blade secured to the bent arms onheil-crank levers I', pivoted by the pin S to the brackets H'.

To the lower or short end of one of the bellcrank levers I' is secured the bar M', to which is flexibly secured a friction-wheel, which impinges on the cam C' on the main shaft and causes the blade J' to be vibrated and force the paper to be wrapped, together with the wrapper, down through the slot 3 in the table D E, and causes the same to enter between the parallel bars L and M, where it is held by the tension of the fla-t spring U', which connects the two parallel bars until the paper is folded over and is embraced by the rollers, which carry the folded and wrapped paper rearward.

N is a bar which is secured to one end of the y weighted and pivoted erin i lever A.

V'ris an arm secured to the lever A2, the lower end of which is provided with afrietionwheel, which inipinges on the operating-cam A' on the main shaft. The elevated portion of the cam A serves to hold the outer end of the lever A2 in an elevated position, with the IDO bar N back of the partially-folded paper 5 but a paste-box, V, mountedon a bracket, U2, and

as soon as the bar V', with its friction-wheel, K

reaches the depressed or cut-away portion of the cam A' the weight 4 on the arm A2 causes it to drop, swinging the bar N over and folding the paper with the wrapper over the bar M, as shown in Fig. 6. The bar N is then returned to its former position by the elevated portion of the cam A' acting on the arm V'.

F and H are vertical rolls supported by the bars or brackets X X', and are revolved from the main shaft W by means ofA bevel-gears G2 G2, which mesh with bevel-gears on the lower ends of the roll-shafts. G is a vertical roller run-ning parallel with the roll F, 'and is supported by the bracket or swinging arm P2, which is pivoted to the upper bar or bracket, X', by means of the pivot J, which permits the roller G to have a motion toward and from the roll F. The roll G is thrown toward the roll F by means of a lever, E2, secured to the lower end of the shaft K', which in turn is secured to the swinging arm P2. The end of the lever E2 is provided with a friction-roll, which impinges on the cam E' kon the main shaft, and by which means an intermittent swinging motion to and from the roll F is given to the roll G, while a spring, 5, tends to keep the rolls apart when the lever E2 is released from the action of the cam E',

so that when the paper has been forced down between the parallel and spring bars L and M, and the bar N is thrown into the position shown in Fig. 6, the roll G is thrown forward and presses the wrapped paper against the roller F, and by the motion of the latter roll the paper is carried toward the devices to be hereinafter described.

Yis an extension of the swinging arm P2, for folding the flap or long end of the wrapper over, as is clearly shown in Fig. 6.

The roll I lies parallel with and is operated by the roll H. Roll I is mounted in a sliding box, R2, in the bracket U, while a` spring presses the roll I against the roll H. v

B2 is a paste-cup having the wheel Dz revolving partly therein,which applies the paste tothe folded side of the wrapper.

Between the rolls F H and G I, and to the swinging 'arm P2, is secured a curved and grooved casting or guide, C2, which folds up the tag or loose end of the wrapper onto the pasted surface in its passa ge through the guide. The folded and Wrapped paper is now caught by the rolls H I before it has been wholly released froni the rolls F G, and the object in passing it through the rolls H I is to more firmly paste or smooth the end of the wrapper against the body of the paper. The folded and wrapped paper, when it leaves the rolls H I, falls on the inclined table or chute Q, (which is pivoted at its upper end to the frame of the machine,) and slides down sidewise underneath the addressing device,rand is caught by the lug S2, which holds it until the address -is pasted onto the folded and wrapped paper.

8 is the addressing device, which consists of.

is provided with feed-rollers S S, for feeding forward a strip of -paper on which the names and addresses of subscribers havevbeen previously printed, as is already practiced 'in other addressing-machines. The feed-rolls are geared together at oneend by pinion-wheels, so as to have a simultaneous movement. O'n

one end of one of the feed-rolls is secured a ratchet-wheel, V2, which is engaged by a pawl, 9, pivoted to one end of the swinging arm T. The arm 'Il ispivoted at 10 to a post, 11, and the other end of the arm is secured to a sliding bar, 12,in the bracket U, and connected to the sliding box R2 by the spring 13, so that when the rolls HI are separated by the .passage therethrough of the folded and wrapped paper the bar-T will vhave imparted to it a swinging motion,while the pawl 9will engage with the ratchet-wheel V2 and impart to the feed-rolls a step-by-step motion and feed the addressed stripy forward one space or step. The platform or table Q, on which the folded paper rests, is now raised by means of the arm H2, operated by thecam F', which brings the wrapped paper in contact with the' addressed strip of paper, and causes the same to be pressed or pasted thereon, while a knife, E, serves to cut the strip and -sever the portion adhering to the wrapped paper from the main strip. The end of the table Q is now lowered by means of the depressed portions of thecam F' coming into operation, and allows the folded, Wrapped, and addressed papers to fall onto the chute below, from whence they are carried away. f

The knife It is pivoted at 14 to the frame of the addressing device, and is provided with a weighted arm, 15, which causes the knife to rise when the. table'Q is lowered, and permits the addressed strip of paper to be fedpforward but when the table Q is raised it comes in contact with the weighted end or armvof the knife, and thus brings the knife into operation to sever the strip. The addressing device may, however, be made to swing to the table Q, instead of the table swinging to the addressing device, without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a paper folding and wrappingmachine,

'the combination of clamping-bars receiving the folded paper and wrapper, and the swinging bar N, as set forth.

2. In a machine for folding and Wrapping papers, the combination of the following elements, viz:` a hollow table into which the wrapping-paper is intermittently fed, a folding-blade for forcing the paper to be wrapped through an opening in the table, a clamping device for holding the folded and partiallywrapped paper, and. a swinging bar for folding the ends of the paper and wrapper over the clamping-bars, as set forth.

3. In a machine for folding and wrapping IOO IIO

papers, the feeding, clamping, and folding devices herein described, in combination with a pair of opening and closing rolls which clamp the partially-Wrapped paper and feed it forward to lche pasting device, as set forth.

4. The combination, with the clamping-bars receiving the paper' and Wrapper folded together and means, substantially as described,

for folding the paper and wrapper over one of said clampingbars, of a swinging bar to fold the Wrapper under the clamping-bars, substantially as described.

5. In combination with the clampingbars and means, substantially as described, for folding the paper and wrapper Within and over said hars, the stationary roller and the movable roller mounted on the swinging arm, having an extension thereon to fold the wrapper under the said clamping-bars, as set forth.

6. In a machine for vfolding and wrapping papers, the combination of the clamping-rolls F G and the paste-roll D2, adapted to apply the paste to the wrapper, with the folding shoe or casting C2 and pressure-rollers H I, as set forth.

7 In a machine for folding, wrapping, and addressing papers, dre., the roller I, mounted in a movable hearing, in combination with the pivoted arm T, pawl 9, ratchet-Wheel V2, and addressing' mechanism, substantially as described, whereby lthe addressed strip of paper is fed forward by the action of the roll I, as set forth.

8. In a machine for folding, wrapping, and addressing papers provided with folding and Wrapping devices, snbstantiall;r such as described, the combination of a vibrating table and a fixed addressing-machine and knife op erated by the rising and falling of the vibrating table, as set forth. HADWEN SWAIN.

v Witnesses:

S. W. FRENCH, S. B. MQRGAN. 

